| THENIGHTMANAGER | BBC drama making him threaten gang (3,5,7) |
| OPERA | Musical drama making a salesperson ring up (5) |
| ANNA | ___ in the Tropics (2003 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making author Nilo Cruz the first Latino thus honored) |
| CHUTNEY | Relish smoker, making him a little shelter |
| HOOLIGANISM | Trait of yobbo making him, in gaol, so abominable |
| ADHOMINEM | Directed at particular person, making him mad with one, perhaps |
| REFORM | Change making him hire? |
| MAGENTA | Mum cuddles a man - making him go this colour |
| PREMIERSHIP | Victory in competition making him perspire surprisingly |
| TRANSMOGRIFIED | Stuff I repeatedly fed Armstrong making him thus changed! |
| SPIKESHISGUNS | Pins an opponent's arms, making him defenceless? (6,3,4) |
| ORDAINING | They're making him a priest - doing rain dancing! (9) |
| SEIZEDHISGUNS | Pins an opponent's arms, making him defenceless? (6,3,4) |
| IRRITABLE | One might rile the Simpson boy, making him cranky |
| TARDIER | Engineer tarried, making him further behind schedule (7) |
| HEROISM | Acts of bravery making him sore (7) |
| ATLAS | Titan who Zeus punished for defiance by making him carry the sky (5) |
| GARTHBROOKS | The Library of Congress announced Oct. 2 that this singer will be awarded the 2020 Gershwin Prize, making him the youngest songwriter yet to win it |
| ELAMIN | Zeedan Nazir's father-in-law who was making him launder money in Corrie (6,6) |
| HASHIM | Zeedan Nazir's father-in-law who was making him launder money in Corrie (6,6) |
